Ridings by land or water. Lege. Complaints against brethren to be made 17. For all maner off Rydyngis be lond & be Water. Also if the Felowship of our Fraternity hap to Ryde by Land or by Water against the King Mayor or Sheriff or against any other lord or estate the Wardens shall do assemble the Felowship to Gether. And then to ordain in what manner and how they shall Govern them in that Riding or Going by water. And he that is Rebel against this Ordinance either in his Riding by land or by water he shall pay to the Temporal Box iijs. iiijd. without any forgiveness. And all costs of Minstrels and other things needful and honest to the same Riding or Going by water shall be Reryd of the Brethren as well of them that Ride not by land nor go by water as of them that so do. And nothing there fore to be taken out of the Box. And also ordained is that for the King's dirige that the whole body of the Fellowship be summoned there to and he that faileth without a reasonable excusation be`skall pay to the Temporal Box iijs. and iiijd. without forgiveness. 18. Iyff any brother ffinde him Grevid with other that he pleyn hym ffirst to the Wardens. Also if any Brother of this Fraternity find him Grieved with any other Brother of the said Fellowship he shall tell his Grievance to his Wardens first or that he Complain him owzher ellys. And than the Wardens to do come afore them both parties. And they to do their diligence to make an end, And if they cannot then may he that findeth him Grieved first to the Pleyne where him liketh. And the Wardens at all times shall be ready to witness the sothe In whom the Default is. And that none of this fraternity do succour or help the Party faulty. And who that doth the (Contrarye) shall pay to the Temporal Box xli. without forgiveness. Wardens. Of times of selling at Fairs. 19. For the ffeyres off Bertholomeu and Ouerey. Also that none of this Fraternity stand with merchandise at Fairs of Westminster nor of Saint Bartholomew over the time of the franchise Granted that is to say xxx days at Westminster and iij days at Bartholomew's upon pain of x li, without forgiveness. Also that it shall be lawful to Every Brother to go as well to the fair of St. Mary Overey's as to the fair of St. Bartholomew and under the same Manner form. 20. That no brother bewreye litill or meche seid In the Companye. Also that none of this Fraternity_bewray little thing or much said in No Betray- Counsell among the Fellowship or Part of them. And if any of them do ingof Things if it may be proved on him by the Wardens and vj other good men he shall pay to the Temporal Box x li sterling without forgiveness. Lege. said in Counsell. 1 Elsewhere. No Draper to be broker 21. That no brother be Brocour betwen fforeyn and fforeyne. Also ordained is that none of this Fraternity be no Broker betwixt between Foreign and foreign upon pain of an Cs. to be Reryd without forgiveness. Foreigners. 22. That noon Apprentis ne lowes Affter her terme serue with noon other man. I Also that no Apprentice of this Fellowship nor lowys after their terms Lege. end and before he be sworn in this place shall open any shop or serve with any other man of Crafte but only with a Draper in Cace he may reasonable salary have. And if he may no service get within the Fellowship then he to go to the Wardens praying them to help him to service. And if they cannot help him thereunto within the said Fellowship then he to take his advantage. And else not upon pain of x li, without forgiveness. 23. That no brother enfforme no stranger. Also that no man of this Fellowship of Drapers shall inform no strange No Brother man in no manner point longing to this Occupation neither of knowing to inform of cloth of price of measure nor of the country that they come from upon any pain of an Cs. to pay as often times as he is found faulty in any of these Stranger. points. 24. For to kepe no servant (onger than a yer) but he be apprenticed or freman of Drapers. Also that no man of the Fellowship keep no servant in his house or Lege. As shop as a Kytter or a lowes without licence of the Wardens had longer than to keeping a year but if he be prentice or freed in the same Fellowship upon pain of Servant or x li. nor set no foreigns a work upon payment of v li. whereof iij li to this Journeybouse xx s. to y presenter & xx s. to master wardens for ye time being. And man. that no man of this Fellowship take no servant to serve him in Drapery but if he have been prentice with a man freed of the same Fellowship upon pain of other x li. to be paid to the Temporal Box without forgiveness. Neither inform no stranger in no maner point belonging to this occupacion as of knowing of cloth of price measure nor of the contrys that they come fro, upon paying of 5 to be paid as oftentimes as he is found fauty in any of these points. 25. Iff the Mayster and the prentice mowe not Acorde. Also if any brother of this Fellowship and his prentice mowe not Lege. And accord and his master will give him leave to go where he will or give of employhim a general acquittance that none other man of this Fellowship receive ing those none such in to his service as alowes till he hath fulfilled the term of his who cannot 1i. e. journeyman. 2 We first hear of Kytters being admitted in 1501. These additions therefore are probably not earlier than that. agree with his master Enrolling o Apprentice and payment of 135. 4d. Lege. Apprentices made free of the Fellow ship to be first presented to the Wardens. Lege. Of the Beadle and his Salary, and the Clerk. Apprenticehood with his first master or with some other man brother of this Fellowship by the accord of his first Master upon pain of 10 li, to pay to the Temporal Box without forgiveness. 26. To bryng Euery Apprentice affore the Wardens or he be Enrolled. A'so that no man of this Fellowship of what degree that he be take none Apprentice but that he bring him first afore his Wardens ar he enroll him And then the Wardens shall write in (this) a Book the names of the Master and of the Apprentice and the years that he is bound. And then the Master of the Apprentice shall pay forthwith to the Wardens xiijs. iiijd. The which shall be put in a Box ordained therefore And he that doth the contrary shall pay an Cs. without forgiveness. 27. To presente affore the Wardens Euery Apprentice affter his terme do.' Also that all manner of Apprentice of this Fellowship at the end of their term fulfilled or they be made free in the Chamber shall be presented by their Masters to the Wardens to the intent that every Apprentice shall swear upon a book to keep and hele all the counsel and leful ordinances of the said Fellowship made or to be made during their lives. And also to keep and hele the leful counsel of his Master that he served. And he to pay at his Entry to the Wardens iijs. iiijd. and to the Clerk viij d. and the Beadle iiiid. 28. That the Wardens Euery yer yeld vpp ther Acountes. Also ordained is that as well the old Wardens as the renters for the kouse-also of Mr. Howell's gifts every year shall yield up their account justly and truly before all the Fellowship or certain of them assigned by the Fellowship within the viije day after All haleyn day without any tarrying in pain of an Cs. the piece to the Temporal Box without forgiveAnd then the Auditors which be therefore chosen shall afterward finish and determine their audits yearly by the Feast of Christmas upon pain of xs. the piece to be paid, etc.3 ness. 29. For the salarye off the Bedill. Also ordained is and fully assented that the Common clerk and (the) Beadle of this Fraternity be a man freed of this Fraternity and a man freed of this said Fellowship and of good name And good fame and he shall have for his salary v li. a year for to be paid of the box of God. ' done. 2 All Hallows or All Saints' Day, November 1. Howell died in 1537 or 1538. 3 Renters and Auditors come later. Renters not till 1469-70, Auditors 1496. Also it is accorded by all the Fellowship that the said common clerk and beadle shall have his livery of the same cloth that the livery of the Fellowship is after the discretions of the Wardens as for the time being, and what brother that deceaseth & hath borne state that is to say Alderman Master or Warden of the said Fellowship shall leave to the clerk and Beadle his gown & hood of his last livery save one with the fur therein or else xl s. in money therefore And what Brother common of the said Fellowship that deceaseth shall leave to the Clerk and Beadle his second livery gown and hood with the fur therein or else xxs. in money for his reward. 30. That no Wardens wryte nor do wryte In this book but ordinances. Also Ordained is that in this book the Wardens shall not write nor do Ordinances write no manner accounts nor reckonings nor none other things but only only to be Ordinances made by assent of all the Fellowship and the names of the written in Apprentices received as it is to fore declared upon pain of x li. to be the Book. Rered of him that doth the contrary without any forgiveness. And it is accorded by all the Fellowship that the names of the Apprentices shall be registered in the old Book of the Old Ordinances. 31. That Euery Wardens do Rede this book affore All the Company. Also Ordained is and fully assented that the Wardens for the year Lege. being shall read or do to read all the Ordinances afore or after this Ordinances written that is to say iij or iiij times in the year openly afore all the said to be read Fellowship upon pain of x li. to be rered of them that doth the contrary without any forgiveness. 32. That no Wardens bere oute nor Delyuere no bookes off ordynances. to the Fellyship. Also it is Ordained and Enact by all the Worshipful Fellowship that No Book of from this day forth that no Warden bear out nor deliver out of this Ordinances Worshipful Place any Bokes longing to this said Fellowship that is to to be taken say of Ordinances or of any Rules without grant and assent of the away. Council of the said Fellowship upon pain of x li. And also that the said Wardens neither bear out nor deliver any evidence or monuments of any rents or tenements longing to the said Fellowship without grant and consent of the Council of the said Fellowship upon pain of an C li. to pay the Temporal Box without any forgiveness. I 33. The ordinans Made to Exchewe pres off menis men In the halle the day off the ffeeste. Also Ordained is by all the whole Fellowship of this Fraternity that forasmuch as heretofore this time at the Feast or Dinner of this foresaid No one, except past Masters, Wardens, Aldermen, and those who have borne city offices to bring Strangers to the dinner. Order of sitting at table. X. Lege. Fraternity hath been great press and multitude of young men in great dishonour of all the Brethren and principally to the Master and Wardens for the time being, for they might have no room nor space to serve nor to do their business in saving of their worship and of all the Brethren. And principally that the States nor the Brethren might not see nor behold plays and other divers sports for that time ordained. Therefore ordained is by the advice of all the Brethren that no man of the Fraternity except Aldermen and they that have borne States in the City shall bring no man with him nor child to the Feast or Dinner whether it be save only they that have been Master or Wardens to fore, the which shall bring with them but only one man at the most, the which man shall be honest and able to do his service to the Fraternity and Fellowship aforesaid at the commandment of the Master and Wardens for the time being upon pain of xl s. to pay to the Temporal Box without any redemption. 34. A Rule ordeynd ffor the Syttyng In the halle. Also it is Ordained and assented by all the whole Fellowship of this Worshipful Fraternity of Drapers that from this day forward at every General feast or Dinner of the foresaid Fraternity that all those that have been Master (and) or Wardens shall sit at meat at the table next the cupboard in the Drapers hall out take those that be the Aviis 2 and the Assignment of the Master and Wardens for the time being be chosen and assigned to sit at the high Table upon pain of ij s. to be paid to the Temporal Box without any manner forgiveness. And that no brother of the Fraternity presume to sit at any table in the Hall till the Mayor and the States have wash and be set at the high Table upon pain of iij s. and iiijd. to be paid to the Temporal Box without any forgiveness. Also ordained is and provided that (always) at the table next the Parlour door shall (begin) be set ij or iij mess3 with such as hath been (Masters and) Wardens overmost (and strangers) after the discretions of the Wardens for the time being. The Ordinances that follow are of the year 1455-6.* 1. That the Maister or Wardens may make freemen by redemption or free-women. Also it is ordained and assented by all the whole body of this Wardens to Worshipful Fraternity that from this day forward the Master and Wardens shall admit and receive almaner of men or women by way of redemption admit men 3 A mess was a portion for four persons. 4 The omissions and additions are of the date of 22 Henry VII (1504–5), as is stated in the margin. They are important as illustrating the increasing powers of the Master and Wardens. |